Getting the housework done.

Nomis21 · 07-10-2014 12:52PM #1

I hate cleaning my house. I have never done any house cleaning in my life. I have often lost my rental deposit on a rented house because of this, but I don't actually like living in a dirty house and often used to move house when ithe place got too dirty.

While living in the UK, I was living in an apartment in the Red Light area of a town and I used to ask one of the prostitutes waiting on the street to clean my apartment. They were rather expensive, but they were happy to work in the nude which (sometimes) was worth the extra cost.

These days I get couchsurfers staying here to do the cleaning for me. (fully clothed, but for free).

Does anyone else have novel ways of getting their housework done?

WinnyThePoo · 07-10-2014 12:54PM

what

biko · 07-10-2014 12:55PM

In ev'ry job that must be done
There is an element of fun
You find the fun and snap!
The job's a game

Ciano35 · 07-10-2014 12:57PM

Nomis21 wrote: »

Does anyone else have novel ways of getting their housework done?

By getting off my arse and doing it myself?

Birneybau · 07-10-2014 12:57PM

Just throw a match on it and start over again.

Become a drifter, moving from town to town.

The Backwards Man · 07-10-2014 12:57PM

Housework is great fun. So far today I've mopped all the floors, cleaned the stove, done two loads of washing and hoovered the stairs. Nothing beats looking at a tidy spotless house and saying 'I did that'

Satriale · 07-10-2014 12:58PM

Nomis21 wrote: »

I hate cleaning my house. I have never done any house cleaning in my life. I have often lost my rental deposit on a rented house because of this, but I don't actually like living in a dirty house and often used to move house when ithe place got too dirty.

While living in the UK, I was living in an apartment in the Red Light area of a town and I used to ask one of the prostitutes waiting on the street to clean my apartment. They were rather expensive, but they were happy to work in the nude which (sometimes) was worth the extra cost.

These days I get couchsurfers staying here to do the cleaning for me. (fully clothed, but for free).

Does anyone else have novel ways of getting their housework done?

Remember those cops that followed you home? Next time make an anonymous call telling them theres a kilo of coke in your house. They will have that place like a new pin bagging your crap.

kneemos · 07-10-2014 12:59PM

Get married.

Mr. Incognito · 07-10-2014 12:59PM

Get married to a clean/ tidy person.

It's what the rest of us do

ScumLord · 07-10-2014 12:59PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Nothing beats looking at a tidy spotless house and saying 'I did that'

I can think of at least 489 things just off the top of my head.

Birneybau · 07-10-2014 12:59PM

kneemos wrote: »

Get married.

Then you can split the cost of a cleaner.

FTA69 · 07-10-2014 01:00PM

Nomis21 wrote: »

While living in the UK, I was living in an apartment in the Red Light area of a town and I used to ask one of the prostitutes waiting on the street to clean my apartment. They were rather expensive, but they were happy to work in the nude which (sometimes) was worth the extra cost.

Great plan. Let a load of drug-addicted vulnerable women into your gaff so they can help themselves to whatever isn't nailed down.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 07-10-2014 01:00PM

I refuse to do housework during the week.

The Backwards Man · 07-10-2014 01:00PM

ScumLord wrote: »

I can think of at least 489 things just off the top of my head.

Name one.

o1s1n · 07-10-2014 01:02PM

I'm finding it hard to believe that someone so lazy that they won't clean up would put the effort into moving accommodation when things get too messy.

If you're that lazy, you'd just stay in your own filth.

PizzamanIRL · 07-10-2014 01:02PM

Wait wait wait wait... You move house sometimes because the house gets too dirty? That's bull

Birneybau · 07-10-2014 01:03PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Name one.

Sit on my h0le.

ScumLord · 07-10-2014 01:03PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Name one.

Making a cup of coffee and leaving the cup in the sink unwashed.

The Backwards Man · 07-10-2014 01:04PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Making a cup of coffee and leaving the cup in the sink unwashed.

You and I would never get along if we lived together.

kneemos · 07-10-2014 01:05PM

Cleaners will work for minimum wage presumably,so twenty five odd Euros for a few hours a week.Affordable surely?

kylith · 07-10-2014 01:07PM

I make sure to have a big pile of work that needs to be done. Nothing inspires you to clean the grouting with a toothbrush like the knowledge that there's something else you should be doing.

I blitzed my bathroom on Sunday; scrubbed the bath, cleaned behind the toilet, scoured the grouting, and then remembered that I'll be pulling it all out next Tuesday because we're renovating :mad:

The Backwards Man · 07-10-2014 01:10PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Sit on my h0le.

And when you look up and see the cobwebs hanging from the lamp shade, and the mould growing on the walls, how does that make you feel?

Eutow · 07-10-2014 01:11PM

Living in filth and then moving house when it gets too dirty is far more hassle than just hoovering and cleaning once a week.

Do you even wash the dishes when you finish, or do you go screw this and buy a whole new set of dishes and cutlery when you run out of clean ones?

What about when you have been on the beer? Your bathroom must have a new species living in it now.

ScumLord · 07-10-2014 01:15PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

You and I would never get along if we lived together.

But if you like cleaning up then you need someone to make a mess.

Eutow · 07-10-2014 01:18PM

ScumLord wrote: »

But if you like cleaning up then you need someone to make a mess.

Don't forget to leave a trail of coffee from the jar to the cup. Extra points for leaving mug rings on the counter.

Nomis21 · 07-10-2014 01:19PM

Eutow wrote: »

Living in filth and then moving house when it gets too dirty is far more hassle than just hoovering and cleaning once a week.

Do you even wash the dishes when you finish, or do you go screw this and buy a whole new set of dishes and cutlery when you run out of clean ones?

What about when you have been on the beer? Your bathroom must have a new species living in it now.

Like I said, now I have couchsurfers staying most of the time and they are only too pleased to do some housework in return for a free place to stay.

This has enabled me to live in the same house now for four years. Previously I would need to move every year when the accommodation had become too dirty.

Kimbot · 07-10-2014 01:21PM

To make things easy go out and buy paper plates and plastic cutlery, never have to wash dishes again and you also save on water charges :P

Shenshen · 07-10-2014 01:22PM

Nomis21 wrote: »

I hate cleaning my house. I have never done any house cleaning in my life. I have often lost my rental deposit on a rented house because of this, but I don't actually like living in a dirty house and often used to move house when ithe place got too dirty.

While living in the UK, I was living in an apartment in the Red Light area of a town and I used to ask one of the prostitutes waiting on the street to clean my apartment. They were rather expensive, but they were happy to work in the nude which (sometimes) was worth the extra cost.

These days I get couchsurfers staying here to do the cleaning for me. (fully clothed, but for free).

Does anyone else have novel ways of getting their housework done?

Seriously? Rather than hire, you know... a CLEANER for an hour a week?

Irishcrx · 07-10-2014 01:22PM

Nomis21 wrote: »

Like I said, now I have couchsurfers staying most of the time and they are only too pleased to do some housework in return for a free place to stay.

This has enabled me to live in the same house now for four years. Previously I would need to move every year when the accommodation had become too dirty.

Mother of god.

I actually have no other words.

ScumLord · 07-10-2014 01:22PM

Eutow wrote: »

Don't forget to leave a trail of coffee from the jar to the cup. Extra points for leaving mug rings on the counter.

I like to pour the coffee and sugar onto the tabletop to mix them up then wipe that into a cup. This saves me having to clean a spoon. Might be a but left on the tabletop and floor, but at least I didn't have to unfuse that spoon from the other cup of coffee I had..

Eutow · 07-10-2014 01:27PM

ScumLord wrote: »

I like to pour the coffee and sugar onto the tabletop to mix them up then wipe that into a cup. This saves me having to clean a spoon. Might be a but left on the tabletop and floor, but at least I didn't have to unfuse that spoon from the other cup of coffee I had..

Aye, and it means a wet spoon doesn't go back into the sugar bowl. The dog can lick the bits up from the floor, saves you sweeping the place.

Getting the housework done.

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